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speaker, that's sam. america and his beloved texas are better places because of his decades-long service. and my life has been enriched by our friendship. and i yield back. mr. poe: thank the majority leader for his important words. i yield to the gentleman from texas, mr. pete sessions. mr. sessions: thank you very much. and i appreciate the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, for leading the discussion tonight in honor of the great member of congress from the 3rd congressional district, sam johnson. i want to take a few minutes tonight to not just acknowledge how great sam johnson is to the texas delegation, but really to highlight what he means to this body. sam johnson has been a member of this body since 1991. he came in a special election as a result of a hard-fought race in dallas, texas, when congressman steve bartlett stepped down. and sam johnson came to the united states congress, not just with a background of 29 years of serving in the united states air force, as being a top gun pilot and a man who
speaker, that's sam. america and his beloved texas are better places because of his decades-long service. and my life has been enriched by our friendship. and i yield back. mr. poe: thank the majority leader for his important words. i yield to the gentleman from texas, mr. pete sessions. mr. sessions: thank you very much. and i appreciate the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, for leading the discussion tonight in honor of the great member of congress from the 3rd congressional district, sam...
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as well as john for quiet a few years when he was working for sam nun. it is a bit of homecoming. in many ways, those 15 years that i spent with sam nun helped prepare me for my current job. from there i saw firsthand what congressional over sight can do to improve programs and policies of the united states government. this was later reinforced when i had the great opportunity to work with who i think many people have viewed as probably the father of modern congressional over sight and that was chairman ron dingily and ran his investigations for a number of years. both of them, i also learned the important role of an independent and aggressive inspector. because the statute in 1978 was inspector general who basically told the truth and power. both of these men, sam nun and john dingle understood the roles of inspector and improving the operations of the united states government. those two men have brought me to where i am today. it has been only seven months, however, since i was appointed by president obama as special inspector general for afghan recons
as well as john for quiet a few years when he was working for sam nun. it is a bit of homecoming. in many ways, those 15 years that i spent with sam nun helped prepare me for my current job. from there i saw firsthand what congressional over sight can do to improve programs and policies of the united states government. this was later reinforced when i had the great opportunity to work with who i think many people have viewed as probably the father of modern congressional over sight and that was...
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sam, colorado, independent caller. caller: how successful were these presidents when they went into office? what was their status when they came out? i would like to see those figures on other politicians. is that information available on the internet? how can you find out? guest: you see presidents fall over the field. there have been some very successful presidents that went into office. herbert hoover wrote the textbook on mining and engineering that everybody bought. he owned mines. he was a wealthy man when he went in and came out. he used that wealth and pulp as a former president to embark on different things he believed in. things like fighting against world famine, and chairing the hoover commission. i keep looking at my notes because i am not an historian. there are two famous stories about poor presidents. ulysses s. grant left office and went around the world on a trip with his wife. he spent a lot of money. he invested the rest of it with his son. apparently, he was doing shady deals and lost all the money
sam, colorado, independent caller. caller: how successful were these presidents when they went into office? what was their status when they came out? i would like to see those figures on other politicians. is that information available on the internet? how can you find out? guest: you see presidents fall over the field. there have been some very successful presidents that went into office. herbert hoover wrote the textbook on mining and engineering that everybody bought. he owned mines. he was...
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former rep sam nunn. cindy williams, the former assistant director of the congressional budget office. they will be per dissipating in the discussion. before this gets under way, let me just go back, paul taylor, to the issue of america by the numbers and retirement. what more needs to be done? how can you force them to save the based on the situation you just outlined? guest: there are some tactical fixes where you could make people automatically defaulted to a 401k. the talk about tweaking the policy fixes at that level. i think there's a much broader conversation that has to do with the public safety net, social security and medicare, and it has to do with how these voluntary programs into that scheme. i'm not smart enough to know the answer, quite frankly, but i do think that this is arguably the most important domestic policy challenge we face because it affects everyone at all stages of their life cycle. right now, if you look at the individual numbers, you're hearing people say they do not add up.
former rep sam nunn. cindy williams, the former assistant director of the congressional budget office. they will be per dissipating in the discussion. before this gets under way, let me just go back, paul taylor, to the issue of america by the numbers and retirement. what more needs to be done? how can you force them to save the based on the situation you just outlined? guest: there are some tactical fixes where you could make people automatically defaulted to a 401k. the talk about tweaking...
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sam begin with us today. -- mr sam ginn. beginning his career in 1968 with a career and at&t. he served as chairman and ceo of telesis 19 98 to 1984 -- 1988 to 1994. he has served on several boards, including ico global communications, vodafone, and airtouch communications. we will also discuss covers the intends to engage in dates to ensure that the nationwide network is a success. he is also joined by several other first not board members in our audience. craig, first that general manager. -- firstnet general manager. new york city police department deputy chief chuck dowd. we are pleased to have you with us here today to discuss the plans for the network and how states can work together to ensure the networks success. good afternoon. >> good afternoon and thank you. . it is a pleasure to be here. i would like first to thank nga -- >> we are trying to put wi- fi across the entire state and then you can plug in the applications and capabilities that you want and the degree that you want them and the amount that you want them to run your state. i think it is important to say t
sam begin with us today. -- mr sam ginn. beginning his career in 1968 with a career and at&t. he served as chairman and ceo of telesis 19 98 to 1984 -- 1988 to 1994. he has served on several boards, including ico global communications, vodafone, and airtouch communications. we will also discuss covers the intends to engage in dates to ensure that the nationwide network is a success. he is also joined by several other first not board members in our audience. craig, first that general...
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uncle sam's free spending ways cost each american $27,000 over the last four years. as a nation, we add $50,000 in debt each second. but listening to this president talk about sequestration, you would think we can't spend one penny less. even though the discretionary spending has risen over his tenure, even though we spend millions on such necessities as robotic squirrels, martian menus, hot air balloons and other so-called priorities. the house has voted twice to replace the president's sequester with common sense spening reforms. it is time to get serious about replacing these indiscriminate cuts with other, more targeted, spending reductions, but not by raising taxes again. mr. speaker, i am willing to work with this president to repolice -- to replace his sequester with targeted spending controls. i am in the willing to ask the american people to give washington more of their hard-earned money so it can be squandered and added to the hefty tab uncle sam is piling up on their behalf. i yield back my time. thank you, mr. speaker. >> for what purpose does the gentle
uncle sam's free spending ways cost each american $27,000 over the last four years. as a nation, we add $50,000 in debt each second. but listening to this president talk about sequestration, you would think we can't spend one penny less. even though the discretionary spending has risen over his tenure, even though we spend millions on such necessities as robotic squirrels, martian menus, hot air balloons and other so-called priorities. the house has voted twice to replace the president's...
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i have seen this for years with sam nunn, not surprised. that is, this mad rush to spend money. plans began, we will get the money out the door before the clock -- plans be damned, we will get the money out the door before the clock strikes 12. that is my fear, that we are just pump in the money out the door. you talked about the effectiveness and about our data. i will be honest, some of our data is probably not right. but we get it from the government. now i know, from the government. what can i say? we put out one of the most massive data calls of any u.s. agency every quarter. i have an entire staff that does that. and i have asked if we are not asking for the right data, please tell us what to look for. my extend that offer to anyone. if it is a reasonable request, we want that data. part of the mandate, and part of what makes us unique at sigar is that we are required four times a year to do this mass of data call. if you look at the villa and -- at the quarterly report, three- quarters of the report is looking at all of that date and trying to put reasoning behind it. if
i have seen this for years with sam nunn, not surprised. that is, this mad rush to spend money. plans began, we will get the money out the door before the clock -- plans be damned, we will get the money out the door before the clock strikes 12. that is my fear, that we are just pump in the money out the door. you talked about the effectiveness and about our data. i will be honest, some of our data is probably not right. but we get it from the government. now i know, from the government. what...
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we are here in washington, governor sam brownback from kansas who is trying to make the trek from topeka. the weather has slowed him down. we will finish with you, governor. >> they have 10 inches of snow that had them. >> he has an excused absence. we will finish with you today. thank you for joining us. i have been talking to the other governors, the same issue. the federal impact of the states and what is happening in the states. heading towards march 1 is the sequester, automatic edger cuts will go into effect. you have fort campbell straddling your state areas the contract is around the state. that would be a severe issue. >> oak ridge and everything around, i just let the department of energy before i came here. one of the things that was news to me. --was how it works. every program. cleanup of a mercury problem that we have there or security issues, back in july we had a security breach. all of that gets cut. governors looking at the impact of our budget. i think that is $110 million or so. >> what would you prefer to see happened for march 1? >> obviously i would love to see the
we are here in washington, governor sam brownback from kansas who is trying to make the trek from topeka. the weather has slowed him down. we will finish with you, governor. >> they have 10 inches of snow that had them. >> he has an excused absence. we will finish with you today. thank you for joining us. i have been talking to the other governors, the same issue. the federal impact of the states and what is happening in the states. heading towards march 1 is the sequester,...